February 25

The Queen Anne Food Bank is celebrating its one-year anniversary with a pancake breakfast

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Why is a one-year milestone important for the Queen Anne Food Bank? Back in November 2011, the Food Bank was forced to close due to lack of funding – but thanks to the generosity of Sacred Heart’s parish country-wide and the Queen Anne community, the Queen Anne Food Bank reopened in February of last year, kicking off a year of food drives, a sack lunch program, and a well-stocked food bank for neighbors in need.

Fast-forward to today and the Queen Anne Food Bank at Sacred Heart is celebrating its first anniversary with a Pancake Breakfast on Wednesday, February 27. The breakfast kicks off at 8am in the basement of the Waldorf High School on the Sacred Heart Campus. The breakfast celebrates the QAFB clients, donors, volunteers and other community supporters – it’s a way to show appreciation for all of the efforts that contributed to the first year of the new Queen Anne Food Bank.

Queen Anne Food Bank
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The QAFB has invited all of its volunteers, benefactors and clients to the breakfast, and they want to spread the word to the broader community – all are who have helped in the past year or are interested in what the QAFB does, are welcome to attend. Just RSVP via email or at 206.216.4102.

If you’re wondering what exactly the QAFB does, it hosts two hunger programs, the Sack Lunch Program (Monday-Friday mornings), and the Food Bank (every Thursday afternoon). The QAFB serves the Belltown, Downtown and Queen Anne neighborhoods, distributing 500 sack lunches each week – with an anniversary total of 44,000 sandwiches!

Queen Anne Food Bank volunteers

One full-time QAFB staffer works alongside 56 active volunteers who range in age from 4 to 89 years old, and put in just as hours as four full-timers.  Nineteen Seattle schools have partnered with QAFB, and food donations come from community organizations such as the Queen Anne Farmers’ Market, Metropolitan Market, QFC, Safeway, Starbucks, Ten Mercer, Kaspar’s Catering, Pike Brewing Company, Caffe Ladro and Four Seasons.

Happy Anniversary to the Queen Anne Food Bank & many thanks to the volunteers, schools, and organizations that have made the first year such a success!


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